Father Saves Family

WGN Television out of Chicago reported on April 7 about a deadly home invasion in Arlington Heights, Illinois, where the homeowner’s Ring doorbell camera recorded a lot of the action. The video of the incident shows two men with their faces covered approaching the home. The two men rang the doorbell, and when the father opened the door, they pushed their way in and drew guns. A struggle immediately broke out between one of the suspects and the father, while the other armed suspect chased after the man’s wife and kids, who hurriedly ran into an upstairs bedroom and locked the door. The father was clearly able to handle himself in a physical struggle, as the Ring camera showed him forcing the suspect out of the house through the front door and toward the driveway. The father repeatedly pummeled the burglar. The video shows the  burglar getting up and running from the scene after receiving a brutal beating.

Then, as reported by the Daily Herald (Chicago), the father quickly ran back into the house, where he was physically attacked as he retrieved his own firearm. The burglar struck him in the head. The father and the burglar engaged in a fight, and the burglar shot at him but missed. As the two men struggled, the burglar pulled a knife from his waist and went to stab the father, but the patriarch fired at the suspect, hitting him in the abdomen and mortally wounding him. The family called 911, and arriving authorities discovered the suspect, whom they later pronounced dead at the scene. The father was bleeding from the head when police arrived.

The police identified the deceased suspect as 58-year-old Larry Brodacz, and released a statement explaining that “Brodacz pointed his handgun at the homeowner’s wife and children…. Fearing for his life and the lives of his wife and children, the homeowner discharged a round from the family handgun, striking Mr. Brodacz in the abdomen.”

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